Most read in November: DiCaprio, Manu Chao join fight against SHPPs, conference on RES in district energy, Croatia’s first geothermal power plant
The support from Leonardo DiCaprio and Manu Chao for the initiative to ban the construction of small hydropower plants on Vjosa River in Albania and the part of the Balkan mountain range in Serbia was the most popular last month among our readers. Also check out the top three list for the part of our […]
Croatia’s first geothermal power plant Velika 1 officially unveiled
Croatia’s first geothermal power plant, the 16.5 MW Velika 1 in Ciglena near Bjelovar, has been officially unveiled in a ceremony attended by Croatian Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy Tomislav Ćorić and Muharrem Balat, Chairman of the Board of Turkey’s MB Holding, which owns the plant. Europe’s biggest binary power plant was built in […]
Working group set up for Vojvodina to get first geothermal power plants
A working group to facilitate the development of the first geothermal power plant projects in Serbia’s northern province of Vojvodina has been set up. The working group was established last week at the invitation of the Vojvodina Secretariat for Energy, Construction, and Transport and France’s ES-Geothermie, which offers general contracting services for the development of […]
Croatia issues third public call this summer for geothermal exploration
The Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency (CHA) has announced a public call to select the best bid for geothermal energy exploration in the Križevci exploration area, for the purpose of issuing an extraction license for energy use, the third such invitation issued in as many months. The deadline to submit bids is September 7, 2019, according to […]
Turkey’s MB Holding to build second ORC geothermal power plant in Croatia
Zagreb-based MB Geothermal, wholly-owned by Turkish MB Holding, has signed a contract with Croatian engineering firm Ekonerg to design a binary (ORC) geothermal power plant called Legrad, with an installed capacity of 19.9 MW, in what will be MB Holding’s second major geothermal project in Croatia, according to a press release from MB Geothermal. The […]
CLEAG’s Geothermae declared strategic investment project by Croatian government
The Government of Croatia has declared geothermal project AAT Geothermae at Draškovec as a strategic investment project for the country. This innovative geothermal power plant is financed by the EU’s NER 300, one of the world’s largest funding programs for innovative low-carbon energy demonstration projects. The AAT Geothermae power plant is located at Draškovec, in […]
France, Serbia sign documents on Belgrade waste project, Bašaid wind farm, geothermal energy
During French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Serbia on July 15-16, the two countries signed several contracts, memoranda, and agreements on cooperation in the waste sector, the construction of wind farms, geothermal energy utilization, and electricity transmission. Beo Čista Energija and public heating utility Beogradske Elektrane signed a 25-year contract on the purchase of heat […]
Turkey global leader in new geothermal capacity in 2018, Croatia sixth
Turkey was the global leader in adding new geothermal capacity in 2018, with 219 MW. Croatia was sixth worldwide, with 17.5 MW. Turkey completed several geothermal power projects in 2018, raising its installed capacity by 21% or 219 MW, to 1.3 GW, according to a report by think tank Renewable Energy Policy Network for the […]
